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The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Five issues that threaten to derail the Albanese government’s plans before the next election

The PM wants the focus to be on first-term achievements and cost-of-living relief but question marks remain over religious freedoms and gambling ads

The Guardian - AU

John Howard, Malcolm Turnbull and former premiers join call for ban on gambling ads

Former political leaders and prominent Australians sign open letter demanding action from Albanese government

The Guardian - AU

Cost of living, union corruption in focus as MPs return

Labor wants to shift the focus to cost-of-living relief and social action as the coalition heaps pressure on its handling of inflation and national security.

AAP

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Albanese playing with fire as he crab-walks away from makarrata promise

Breaking a promise to limit political damage may just cause more of it. Pretending you haven’t broken one definitely will

The Guardian - AU

Clare O’Neil promises ‘profound and transformative’ investment to ease housing crisis

As issue becomes major election battleground, housing minister urges Coalition and Greens to ‘be part of the solution’ amid hold-up of bills in parliament

The Guardian - AU

Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff

Druery says Payman could become the next Senate powerbroker in the mould of Nick Xenophon or Brian Harradine

The Guardian - AU

Diana Asmar to Kimberley Kitching: The real backstory to this very mid Macbeth

The HWU has taken its low-paid, low-power, often non-English-speaking members for a ride for decades. And the ACTU has let them.

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Keating slams Albanese, AUKUS

The former prime minister says the defence pact will turn Australia into the ’51st state of the United States’, and Labor’s proposed childcare pay rise has summoned the inflation hawks.

Crikey

Publicly owned petrol stations in the ACT? Try an EV instead

Will Andrew Barr follow his Queensland counterpart's policy proposal?

The Canberra Times

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government has a lot of housework ahead of voters’ property inspection

The Albanese government might be likened to the harried house-husband struggling with untidy rooms, dog hairs on the carpet, and piles of clothes in or waiting for the washing machine.

The Conversation

Urgent call to pass deepfake sexual image sharing laws

Laws that crack down on the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexual images, including digitally altered deepfakes, should pass with haste, senators say.

AAP

Labor rejects report that international students will be capped at 40% of university enrolments

Jason Clare says international education ‘incredibly important’ to Australia after concerns raised about economic impact of a restrictive cap

The Guardian - AU

'Had a gutful': embattled state Liberal leader quits

Fed up after weeks of speculation over his position, South Australia's embattled opposition leader has declared he is ready to "sail off into the sunset".

AAP

Victorian government rejects expert advice to forcibly merge hospital services

Premier Jacinta Allan says reduction of 76 services to 11 ‘not in the best interests of patient care’, citing Kennett government strategy

The Guardian - AU

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Social media companies shouldn’t ‘ride free’ on the backs of traditional media, Albanese says

PM’s comments raise expectation of levy on Meta and social media firms amid stoush over paying for news content

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Anthony Albanese’s shifting stance on the Makarrata Commission is cowardly

What Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person could actually say we get a better deal when a Labor government is in power?

Crikey

Albanese’s childcare pay rise is part of the biggest economic story in Australia right now

The pay rise is about maximising female workforce participation and ensuring a quality early childhood education sector.

Crikey

Why do journalists love the narrative that premier Neville Wran was ‘corrupt’?

What counts as journalism has changed a lot over the past four decades.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor pushing for new powers to ‘clean up’ alleged criminal activity in CFMEU

In further toughening of stance, government considers calls for joint federal and state police taskforce to investigate unions

AAP

Hospitals handed $1.5b lifeline, spared forced mergers

Hospitals in Victoria will not be forced to amalgamate as the state government pledges to inject $1.5 billion in funding for services.

The Guardian - AU

Companies behind Pep11 ask court to force Albanese government decision on NSW gas project

The development, planned to be offshore from Sydney to Newcastle, was vetoed by Scott Morrison when resources minister

AAP

Premier defends staged Sunshine Coast direct rail build

New direct rail north of Brisbane is yet to get moving but the Queensland government has defended the project amid calls it would create further congestion.

Crikey

Interest rates hold steady… just

The Reserve Bank considered a rate hike but ultimately held firm yesterday, and Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ new running mate.

The Guardian - AU

Anti-gambling advocates refuse to sign ‘ridiculous’ NDAs for Labor briefing on betting ads

The government has invited anti-gambling groups to a briefing on proposed reforms to the sector on Friday – but there’s a special condition if they want to attend

The Canberra Times

Date set for new Canberra Hospital's emergency department to open

More than 160 patients will need to be moved.

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